Process for removing sulfur dioxide from fluids
AssigneePhillips Petroleum Company
InventorsEarl Clark, Jr., Jimmie J. Straw
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Abstract
A process for removing sulfur dioxide in a fluid such as, for example, sulfolene or sulfolane, comprises circulating the fluid in a loop under conditions sufficient to effect the removal of sulfur dioxide from the fluid wherein the loop comprises at least one spraying device such as, for example, a spray nozzle.
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A process for reducing sulfur dioxide concentration comprising circulating a sulfur dioxide-containing fluid in a loop under conditions sufficient to reduce the concentration of sulfur dioxide in said fluid wherein said loop comprises at least one spraying device.
A process for reducing sulfur dioxide concentration in a sulfur-dioxide-containing sulfolene compound comprising circulating said sulfolene compound in a loop under conditions sufficient to reduce the concentration of sulfur dioxide in said sulfolene compound wherein said loop comprises at least one spraying device.
A process for reducing sulfur dioxide concentration in a sulfur-dioxide-containing sulfolane compound comprising circulating said sulfolane compound in a loop under conditions sufficient to reduce the concentration of sulfur dioxide in said sulfolane compound wherein said loop comprises at least one spraying device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.